Hey Gang, this is my last week at Metropolis Coffee Company in Chicago. My family and I are moving back to our home state of Colorado at the end of June. I have a couple plates spinning at the moment, but rest assured that I am coffee for life. I wanted to take a moment to thank Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss for all that they have done for me and for putting their faith in me. It has been a good run and Metropolis is in excellent hands with Caleb Mayhall (who is easily one of the best roasters around) stepping in as Chief of Coffee, and his apprentice Sean Capistrant who is going to be solid gold. Thanks also to the whole 'trop crew, especially Shana Conner who I've run with since the Broadway days and Carlos Brown. Love to the Itelly crowd, many of whom are some of my bestest pals around, and big ups to the whole Chicago coffee scene that has supported me for the last 10 years. Stay gold.

The call of the west is sometimes too strong to ignore. The midwest calls, too, but how often do you hear about "the call of the midwest"? Not all that often. Nothing against the midwest or anything, it's really nice, but I mean the call of the west is famous.

Best wishes to you and your family in Colorado. You're one of the greats, Chris Schooley, one of the greats.

“We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” --Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead